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The Test Set by Posit

Posit, PBC
Data Science
Python
Positron
Open Source
Posit
Pandas
Artificial Intelligence
Tidyverse
Environmental Health
Statistical Analysis
Ibis
Apache Arrow
Education
Cycling
Solutions Engineering
Open Source Software
Large Language Models
Remote Work
Open-Source Tools
C++

A Posit podcast for data science junkies, anomaly hunters, and those who play outside the confidence interval. Hosted by Michael Chow, with co-hosts Wes McKinney & Hadley Wickham.

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This episode is Part 2 of our conversation with James Blair. He explains how he found his “accidental perfect fit” as a solutions engineer and how that role became a pipeline into product management. Get a peek into the AI-powered tooling he’s now bu... more

In Part 1 of our conversation with James Blair, we trace his delightfully non-linear path from childhood robotics dreams to journalism to R, with a few stops in between. We hear about the Shiny app that changed his career, plus a candid roundtable wi... more

In part two of our conversation with Julia Silge, we discuss how work actually ships: the boundaries, the glue, and the tools that turn noise into signal. From there, we go macro and wonder what the LLM era means for humanity’s contributions, plus ho... more

In part one of our conversation with Julia Silge, astronomer-turned–data-science leader, we explore why data science needs a different kind of IDE. Julia takes us inside Positron, Posit’s next-generation, data-scientist-first environment, and unpacks... more

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Recent Guests

James Blair
Senior product manager at Posit, cycling enthusiast
Posit
Episode: James Blair: Part 1 — Portfolios, practice, and staying curious
Julia Silge
Data science leader and engineering manager at Posit
Posit
Episode: Julia Silge: Part 1 — Positron, pineapple pizza, and the art of iteration
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
Professor of the practice of statistical science at Duke University and developer educator at Posit
Duke University, Posit
Episode: Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel: Teaching in the AI era — and keeping students engaged

Hosts

Michael Chow
Host of the Test Set and Principal Software Engineer at Posit, with a strong background in cognitive psychology and open-source tools.
Wes McKinney
Co-host and Principal Architect at Posit, known for his work on open-source projects such as Pandas.
Hadley Wickham
Co-host and Chief Scientist at Posit, recognized for contributions to R and the development of Tidyverse.

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#247
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Julia Silge: Part 2 — Glue work, licensing, and open source in the age of LLMs
Q: How do you think the landscape of data science is changing with the introduction of LLMs?
Julia addresses concerns about LLMs utilizing community-generated data while limiting accessibility and impacting how answers are sought today, envisioning a need for adaptations in collaboration and knowledge management.
Julia Silge: Part 2 — Glue work, licensing, and open source in the age of LLMs
Q: What gets you excited about data science?
Julia expresses that she is motivated by working on applied systems, engaging in real-world data, and loves developing tools that assist people with their work in data science.
Roger Peng: Sustaining data science — in classrooms, code, and conversations
Q: What advice would you give students today trying to get into data science?
Make sure that you can have some way to show people what you've done, you've analyzed data, you've been able to ask a question, and draw some sort of even basic conclusion from the data you've looked at.
Wes McKinney: Part 1 — Building Pandas, Arrow, and a speedrunning legacy
Q: How did you find this community and what stood out to you the most?
Wes describes his initial attraction to the speedrunning community through shared interests and the collaborative spirit it embodied.
Wes McKinney: Part 1 — Building Pandas, Arrow, and a speedrunning legacy
Q: Do you mind just catching everybody in the world up on sort of what you've worked on?
Wes discusses his journey of creating Pandas and how his experiences in finance led him to build better data manipulation tools.

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